A couple years ago, I had an extremely frightening episode of sleep paralysis. (in case you don't know what sleep paralysis is, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis ).

I woke up in the middle of the night one night, laying on my back with my arms sort of folded over my chest, and I was staring at the ceiling. I noticed that the room had a strange greenish glow, and the room felt very "dreamy". the next thing I noticed was that I could not move a muscle no matter how hard I tried. I sat there for about 10 seconds trying to move, when suddenly I felt a presence upstairs at the top of the steps (my room is in the basement right at the foot of the stairs). as soon as I felt the presence, I heard extremely loud footsteps go from the top of the steps all the way to the side of my bed in literally about a quarter of a second. Very fast. By this time I could move my head, and I looked over to see a creature that looked exactly like Venom from Spider Man, except its skin was totally pale and had no texture, and it didn't have a face. It then walked up to my bed, leaned over me, and made a sort of hissing noise. I turned away from it, since my head was the only thing I could move, and in the corner of my eye I saw its tongue come out and felt it lick my ear.

I don't remember what happened next, but the next thing I remember I was looking at my door (the creature was gone), and the greenish glow in the room changed to a dark blue glow. Suddenly, three dark figures walked into my room. They stood about 5 feet away from my bed for a few seconds, then they walked out. but before the last figure walked out, he stopped, looked back at me, then walked out and closed the door.

I laid in bed for a good minute after that trying to move, and I was finally able to move my finger, which broke me out of my paralysis. I sat up with a loud gasp and looked around my room. I don't know how I managed it, but I just went back to sleep.

The next morning I told my brother about it, and he said that he has had many episodes of sleep paralysis in which he saw dark figures, although I think dark figures are a very common theme in sleep paralysis.

Mine story is not like yours well its a little different ..I had a some what different experience. BTW this happened today around 3.am

OK .. Fist off I have never not once EVER!!!! EXPEREINCE SOME CRAZY SHIT LIKE THIS!!! ...... Well today is march 25, 2015 and around 3 am I suddenly awake but I heard this strange frequency like a high pitch sound and I never heard anything like well i was laying on my back, my head was laying towards my right my right and right leg bent up ( very important part ) so I hearing this frequency and I feel the presence of something looking down on me I look to the left because for some odd reason I couldn't move my body so I look to the left as best I could and all I could see was the long ass whistler right above my head and the I noticed something moving towards my right leg I tried my hardest to move and all I could do was nearly move my right arm but it was very weak like all my strength was sucked out it was really weird but when I looked closer it was a long skinny arm with hands of that of a 5 year. Old . by then my heart was reaching but couldn't move the rest of my body still just my right arm but it took all my strength in me to even move it a little but when the hand moved right above my leg I grabbed the arm and by that point I knew this shit was real because the skinny was so soft I mean like baby skin soft but while I was holding the arm another hand came with in my sight and it gently tapped my hand to let it go so I did .....I then closed my eyes took a deep breath and when I opened My eyes again I could move again I look at my phone and it said 3:27am I stayed up ever since

But quite honestly i didn't think it wanted to harm me at all after it touched my hand it didn't want to harm me that's the feeling I got

Whether u believe this or not I do not care this what happened to me and i will stand by itn

I had the same dream, a year ago; I was in bed in the middle of the night, I was staring at the ceiling, and I felt a presence, and saw a creature that looks like venom, coming from the center of an projected seal in the ceiling (like solomon seal) with strange Symbols. The 'thing' took my by my shoulders, after that, I cannot remember anything.

That was a frightening experience, that was the beginning of a set of very rare experiences, for example, another night, I wake up and see that my arms were glowing, with the colours of the rainbow, I'm sure that was not a dream, that was real, after 2 or 4 minutes I see a white light coming from the back wall and I cannot remember what happen after that.

A couple nights ago I was meant to talk to a friend on skype but the internet and cable went out for some reason. I waited hours for it to get back on but it did not the whole night. So I gave up and went to sleep and then in the dream I had - I was in the same spot I crashed which was on the couch with my laptop in front of me with the camera on waiting for my friend to appear on skype but wasn't in sight then when she got back she sat down and the persons body was my friend but her face wasn't hers. She had black eyes and mouth was all black and it yelled in a deep demonic voice and told me to wake up. I woke up and my body was frozen and I couldn't breathe and after about 20 seconds. I was gasping for air and put my hands on my heart to check how fast my heart was racing. I only slept an hour and a half that night.

I've seen these before but I'm a lucid dreamer and I was mentally strong so I was able to communicate with them very little and get them to leave me alone. They live off people's energy. They are physically very weak so they attack while we are asleep, or REM mode, when we are at our weakest. They try to drain our energy, mental power and feed on our fear. They move in packs or clubs with a leader whom is usually silhouette rather than transparent. The transparent ones are really the weaker copies of the hooded silhouettes used as temporary workers. They live around the easier ones usually pretending to be shadows (so be careful when you see two shadows instead of one) around the ones with the most exposure to paranormal stuff. They are pretty scared of the lights because even though they can't be seen because their leader can be seen and the leader is their life. I am a lucid dreamer so I didn't have any sleep paralysis. I even try to attack them

I also have had a couple dreams, where I wake up in my bed, only to find creatures/visitors. The 1st time I woke up in my bed, my back was elevated as if I was watching tv in bed. Only my room was a very dark blue. I could also only move my head. I noticed on the foot of my bed 3 small creatures, that looked almost as the one person described as venom from spiderman. They had crazy looking eyes, and long Sharp teeth. The only thing different with my visitors was, they had no color, they were transparent. I could look through them and see the sheets of my bed. One of the creatures started crawling up my body as I lay there, coming towards my face. It looked right at me, then began to lift its skinny little arms and with its skinny finger started pointing at me. As it pointed the finger got Longer, untit it came to a sharp point. The creature stabbed me in the shoulder with its finger, I could actually feel its touch. At that point I was so frightend I woke myself up. Years later I had almost the exact same dream, except I was floating above my sleeping body in bed. I could see the creatures around my bed, but this time I saw a tall man/woman in a black hooded robe cloak type thing. The figure was very tall and very dark. I could not see a face because of the hooded cloak. Again I was so frightend I forced myself to wake up. Who is this visitor with the cloak? What are these creatures? What can I do to summon, or get them to appear in my dreams? Could they maybe just be feeding off my energy as I am dreaming?

I have those twice a week and i have Night Terrors like a mo-fo. The last time I seen the "M.I.B" was 3 nights ago when my closet was open. I tried to wake my wife but I couldnt move. he walked to the side of my bed and stood there towering over me. then it placed its hand on my shoulder at real fast pace and i seen a burst of white and i had a dream that clouds were moving in sky fastly and the moon turned red and everything became barren. i cant find anything or anyone that has experience it before but i am scared and cant sleep since then. i have 4 night lights in every room of my house at night. please tell me you know someone that shares my fear?

As a paranormal investigator, I have to say that whether the situation is mere hallucination from sleep paralysis, an extraterrestrial visitation, or a negative entity or entities attempting to torment you, there is only one clear solution.

Although I would like to further discuss with you at arms length your experiences, through here may have to suffice. With any of these types of entities they is only one defense, as I previous mentioned (even sleep paralysis). You absolutely must have faith in yourself. You cannot have fear, and you must not let yourself be overcome with the terror. You must reinforce your beliefs in your own power and protect yourself mentally. Some would call it praying with true faith. Others would call it making a psychic bubble. I would call it the power of your soul that most of us are unaware we even possess.

As previously mentioned, I might be able to help you, as well as any other commenters here. I'm with a paranormal investigation group and my branch investigates all facets of the unknown. I do hope you'll contact me.

I had a frightening encounter similar to that years ago. I've only had one SP incident and that was over 20 years ago but it consisted of me coming suddenly awake and seeing a black-robed figure at the foot of my bed with a large hood shading its face. As I tried to rise, I realized I was paralyzed. My first emotional response was fear but it changed to anger at the hooded figure. I finally came up swinging to a seated position and found myself awake, soaked in sweat, panting and alone. I'm told 1 in 10 first time OBE experiences are similar to this but no one seems to know whether the figure is internally generated or an entity contact. I can tell you the figure actually blocked the street light shining through my window. I've found since that hooded beings have been sighted since the time of the Romans.

I spoke w/ my 'exile' friend about this phenomenon. She said, "It's real." She went on to explain these beings aren't even 'figments', they are actual beings with bodies like you and I. She continued to explain that they are essentially like reptilian aliens. The paler the skin, typically the more sinister where as the very dark-skinned ones are supposedly benevolent. Hoods are worn to conceal identity and act as an intimidation factor. I'm just telling you what she told me... can take it or leave it lol.

Thats really creepy! I had a similar experience but i didnt see anything, just heard and felt it, but i said like 20 hail-marys and the prayer of our lord and that seemed to work. I have a question, that wasn't the demon in its true form right? the catholic church says God changes the way that demons look, if we saw their true form we would go insane.

That is so creepy!! That happened to me once, were I couldn't move a muscle. It almost felt as if your whole body was numb and stiff at the same time. The only difference is that I did not encounter with anything just the numb feeling and stiffness. It makes it really hard to move, but when you do manage to move something , it all goes away.

I found the type of demon that fits what you described. They are called Nybbas, or sometimes referred to as Nightmares or Blights. They are too weak to attack a waking person, so they assault them in their sleep, whispering insidious words into the ears of their victims, causing nightmares and disturbed sleep. They seek to shatter the minds of people and create discord among them. Many lunatics are thought to be victims of the Nybbas, men whose pysche's were too weak to handle the the Nybbas malicious whispering. There is an incantion here, not sure if it even works, probably not, but it says you should utter it once before you sleep and once after you wake. also its in latin.

you know, id like to thank you. because after six months without incident last night with sleep paralysis, not the first time, so i knew how to break out of it. the thing was, this time it felt different. i figured since i muscled out of it so easy it was safe to go back to sleep, so i did, after turning the lights on to be safe. as soon as i got to sleep it happened again, except this time, when i opened my eyes i couldnt see anything but black until after i muscled out of it. when i looked to the side i saw what looked like a hand melting into the wall. i finally got to sleep later after doing my preparations, but it did freak me out.

The first thing I of when I read the description of the "venom" was the thing from "Pan's Labyrinth". If you haven't seen that movie, I highly suggest it. But the pale skin and the venom look really reminds me of the creature with the food in front of him in that movie.

it's called sleep paralysis. it's a state of conciousness when your body wakes up from REM sleep, but you are still paralyzed (your body naturally paralyzes you during REM sleep so you do not act out your dreams). most of the time people will see things like what i saw when this happens.

also, you can read all about it in the link i put in the first paragraph.

I am amazed that you interpreted that as a dream. I have heard a lot about night terrors, although I have never experienced one myself. (Not that I think I want to, really...) I think that, being personally in that position, I would be far more likely to interpret it as a close encounter. Is there anything that I might not be aware of that helped you distinguish between a night terror/dream and an actual close encounter? Sorry, I'm fascinated by all this, but my knowledge of it is relatively minimal...

It's called night terrors or being "Hag ridden". I've only had it once when I was posted in Germany.

I realized that while my body wouldn't move my mind was still able to function and that's what broke the paralysis.

I relaxed and went into a meditative prayer mode and it seemed to give up and vanish. I remember getting up and having my room mate ask me if it was a bad dream. I told her what had happened and got a very strange look from her so I shut up. It never happened again.

Very interesting. A lot of people have this nearly exact thing happen... even the pale creature you described. What it is yet exactly, I do not know. Let us know if it happens again as it tends to happen to people multiple times... Don't be afraid.